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Story - As an unabashed 'Bendis on Avengers' fan, I of course unabashedly enjoyed this issue. When picking up an issue of New Avengers, I expect 3 things. Those 3 things are; 1) Big-ass threats that no single hero could withstand. 2) Witty dialogue between the Avengers. And 3) Beautiful art.

New Avengers #3 delivers on all of these fronts. You've got a big threat, hell, it's tearing rips in the entire universe, and has both Doctor Strange and Doctor Voodoo flummoxed. That's a big deal, and I'm very interested to see how the New Avengers will stop this. And the last page reveal of who exactly is behind these magical events is a doozy for sure.

Then you have the witty dialogue, which is of course, a divisive issue, you either love Bendis' dialogue or you don't, and know review is going to change your mind, but for me, there are few pleasures greater to be had in the world of super-hero comics than reading his back and forth, and this issue had some great stuff, particularly between Spider-Man and The Thing, who've always had a great relationship, and Bendis just nails it here. Also brilliant was Ms. Marvel's admission that she'd never seen Ghostbusters, which was very fun. Some people may not like seeing super-heroes actually act like real people, but I love it, everyone watches movies, even Spider-Man. But crucially, Bendis doesn't skimp on the characterisation and character growth. We get more Iron Fist here than I think we've ever had in New Avengers, and that's a great thing, he's been under-utilised. I also enjoyed seeing the growth of Victoria Hand, and I really love how short-tempered and how much of a dick Daimon Hellstrom is here. He may be a great hero, but come on, he's the Son Of Satan, he's a dick.

New Avengers #3 is another enjoyable chapter in Bendis' long run of Avengers books, the fact that it's remained so consistently strong after 6? 7? years, is pretty remarkable. I couldn't care less about the rules of magic (see my review of #1) or whether Doctor Strange isn't powerful enough, this issue hits all my marks for quality Avengers comics. It's not likely to change your mind if you're a staunch Bendis-hater, but if you're a fan? You won't be disappointed.

The Oral History back-up feature continues to be surprisingly hilarious too.

Art - You thought I'd forgot about my 3rd criteria for Bendis Avengers greatness didn't you? No such luck pedant! What more can really be said about Stuart Immonen that hasn't already been said? The dude's a legend, there's no better artist at Marvel today. I hope he never leaves New Avengers. Unless we can get more Nextwave. But only then.

Best Line - 'I mean, if ever there was a time that I would designate as an actual time to clobber ... this would be that time'

Wut? Is Duane Swierczynski taking over Black Widow per that house ad or is that just a fill-in. A Swierczy BW series sounds like coolness.

Ugh. “You know I’ve never seen that movie.” A) How would Pete know she’s never seen that movie and B) Why would she never have seen that movie? How would a Ghostbusters reference even fit with Marvel’s sliding timescale?

Did Bendis just use “meh” again? :rolleyes:

Why must Bendis cover up all the snazzy Immonen art with words?

Wow, Hand with her giant Cableseque gun is the first thing I like in this issue.

I have to admit, I haven’t read a lot of Voodoo. Has he always been emo?

Hey, Danny’s back! Okay, that was a cool ending. The rest of the book sucked, but the Danny pages and Hand’s awesomely absurd gun almost made it tolerable. I still wish Immonen could get on something with a writer better able to make use of his talents.

Story 2, Art 8Overall 5

Tiny Titans #31

The first issue of this wasn’t my cup of tea, but if Old Man dug it I guess I can give it another go.

This is on glossy paper now? Fail, I was looking forward to newsprint.

Hell, I don’t even get what the joke on the credits page means. Who da fug is that?

Mixed media. Sweet. Ummm, would the age appropriate audience get the Superboy origin jokes?

Hell, I didn’t know the Brainiacs were robots.

Okay, the snow cone thing is funny.

Oh, good, a monkey joke. Snap, it was a good monkey joke though. You don’t see that very often.

It’s over? Frak off. Hmm, okay. I loved the art. I have kind of a tough time believing this delivers enough entertainment for a toddler in correlation to the price. All it really delivers is 5 minutes of cute.

Wut? Is Duane Swierczynski taking over Black Widow per that house ad or is that just a fill-in. A Swierczy BW series sounds like coolness.

Ugh. “You know I’ve never seen that movie.” A) How would Pete know she’s never seen that movie and B) Why would she never have seen that movie? How would a Ghostbusters reference even fit with Marvel’s sliding timescale?

Did Bendis just use “meh” again? :rolleyes:

Why must Bendis cover up all the snazzy Immonen art with words?

Wow, Hand with her giant Cableseque gun is the first thing I like in this issue.

I have to admit, I haven’t read a lot of Voodoo. Has he always been emo?

Hey, Danny’s back! Okay, that was a cool ending. The rest of the book sucked, but the Danny pages and Hand’s awesomely absurd gun almost made it tolerable. I still wish Immonen could get on something with a writer better able to make use of his talents.

Story 2, Art 8Overall 5

Tiny Titans #31

The first issue of this wasn’t my cup of tea, but if Old Man dug it I guess I can give it another go.

This is on glossy paper now? Fail, I was looking forward to newsprint.

Hell, I don’t even get what the joke on the credits page means. Who da fug is that?

Mixed media. Sweet. Ummm, would the age appropriate audience get the Superboy origin jokes?

Hell, I didn’t know the Brainiacs were robots.

Okay, the snow cone thing is funny.

Oh, good, a monkey joke. Snap, it was a good monkey joke though. You don’t see that very often.

It’s over? Frak off. Hmm, okay. I loved the art. I have kind of a tough time believing this delivers enough entertainment for a toddler in correlation to the price. All it really delivers is 5 minutes of cute.

I be bitchy in this one all I want, just not Billy the Kid... speaking of Billy the Kid, does or does not that shit say Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London on it or not? cause every one has it listed as Billy the Kid and the first one as Billy the Kid's and it is driving me bonkers.

thefourthman wrote:I be bitchy in this one all I want, just not Billy the Kid... speaking of Billy the Kid, does or does not that shit say Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities and the Ghastly Fiend of London on it or not? cause every one has it listed as Billy the Kid and the first one as Billy the Kid's and it is driving me bonkers.

No one remembers the original series. I didn't even know there was an original series till you made a fuss.

I saw it listed as Billy the Kid and the Ghastly Fiend somewhere. The logistics of the ridiculously long title make it difficult.